QPR may have dropped a big hint over some of their squad numbers for the forthcoming season.

During pre-season a lot of clubs simply assign squad numbers from 1-11 based on who is starting that specific game, but the Hoops have done things slightly differently leading to speculation over the numbers for next season.

The majority of players who have featured in the friendlies against Charlton and Barnet have held the same number for each game, indicating that it may well be their assigned number for the new season.

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Most first team players have kept the same number as last term, while the vacant shirts of departed stars such as Alex Smithies, Nedum Onuoha, James Perch, Jack Robinson and Jamie Mackie seem to have been reassigned.

Based on the two friendlies to date, Joe Lumley has replaced Alex Smithies to hold the no.1 jersey, while new signing Toni Leistner will replace Nedum Onuoha as no.5.

Other notable changes are that Idrissa Sylla now holds the no.10 jersey which was assigned to #JustforStan, while Ebere Eze has swapped from no.30 to no.20.

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Elsewhere, Osman Kakay has taken the no.12 jersey held by Jamie Mackie, Aramide Oteh takes Jack Robinson's no.18 shirt and Niko Hamalainen has taken James Perch's no.24 jersey.

Of course the numbers assigned to Charlie Owens (4), Giles Phillips (6) and Ilias Chair (21) should be taken with a pinch of salt due to them already being assigned to Grant Hall, Joel Lynch and Massimo Luongo respectively.

While it must be stressed that these numbers aren't officially assigned by the club, it could be a strong indication of how the squad list could look for the new season.

QPR squad numbers against Barnet

1 - Joe Lumley (previously held by Alex Smithies)

2 - Darnell Furlong

3 - Jake Bidwell

4 - Charlie Owens (assigned to Grant Hall)

5 - Toni Leistner (previously held by Nedum Onuoha)

6- Giles Phillips (assigned to Joel Lynch)

7-Luke Freeman

8-Jordan Cousins

9-Conor Washington

10-Idrissa Sylla (previously held by #JustforStan)

11 - Josh Scowen

12-Osman Kakay (previously held by Jamie Mackie)

13-Matt Ingram

14-Ryan Manning

15-Alex Baptiste (vacant following the departure of Steven Caulker)

16-David Wheeler

17-Matt Smith

18-Aramide Oteh (previously held by Jack Robinson)

19-Bright Osayi-Samuel

20-Ebere Eze

21-Ilias Chair (assigned to Massimo Luongo)

22-Pawel Wszolek

24-Niko Hamalainen (previously held by James Perch)

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